Gage for sewing-machines.



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M. J.- O'DONNELL. GAGE FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APLB. 1907.

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ATRNEYS WITNESSES:

MARY J. ODOXNELL, OF

ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

GAG-E FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, 31am J. ODONNELL, a citizen of the Ifnited States, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union'and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gages for Sewing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for sewing machines, and provides a simple, compact, and easily manipulated attachment for gaging and guiding clot-h when sewed to form ruliles or tucks, and also pro vides an attachment of this kind that is very easily attached to the machine, and one that measures the depth of the rullle or tuck from the line of the seam, that is the line of the needle.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which is a perspective view of the gage.

The device is struck it from a flat piece of metal 10, and is rovidet l with a longitudinal wide slot 11, and a parallel slot 12 considerably narrower, these slots not extending to the ends of the body portion 10. A flat plate 13 is fitted close up underneath the plate 10, and has a lip or tongue 14 bent to project up through the slot- 11, and extend a distance above the upper surface of the plate 10. The outside edge of the plate 13 is rovided with the clips 15 integral with it, t test: clips being bent over the edge of the plate 10 and holding the plate 13 in sliding relation with the body portion.

A set-screw 16 extends down through the slot 12, being secured in the )late 13 and bearin on the top edge of the ody portion 10 to clamp the parts securely together. On one end of the edge opposed to the narrow slot 12, is a recess 17 that is arranged to be laced in line with, or to receive the presseroot of the machine. 011 the strip of metal dividing the slots 11 and 12, is a scale 18,

this scale being arranged to extend no fur- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 8,

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

1907. Serial No. 366,911.

17, in other words, to come in line with the line oi the needle and COI1S( ucntly the line of stitches. The edge of theiip 14 measures the distance from the stitches along the scale, and also acts as a guide forthe edge of the tuck or ruffle that is being made, thereby insuring the same distance from the edge, while the garment is being sewed. The bod portion is also provided with a slot 19 throug 1 which can be passed a screw 20 that fits into the perforation, usually supplied on ma chines at about this polnt, for the securing of attachments. The screw 20 is preferably made with a flat head, or a slightly rounded head, so as not to impede theeasy progress of the cloth when the machine is being used. The slot 19 is elongated to allow for the slight tlifl'erence in the positions of the perforations to receive the screw 20, present in dill'erent machines. This attachment makes an extremely light and simply operated at tachment, and one that costs very little to make, and can be supplied at a low cost.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim-is:

comprising a body portion formed of a fiat strip of metal having parallel slots therein, one of the slots being 'wider than the other, a second sheet of metal sliding under the body port-ion and having clips to engage an edge of the body portion, a tolwue on the second sheet of metal )rojecting through the wider slot and above the body portion, a set screw passing through the narrower slot to lock the )arts together, a scale on the strip of metal etween the two slots, and means for attaching the body portion to a sewing machine, the body portion having a recess arranged near one end on one edge thereof, the recess being arranged to receive the presser-foot of a sewing machine.

In testimony, that f claim the fore oing, I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of September 1906.

MARY J. ODONNELL.

An attachment of the kind described,-

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